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Peter Costa: "Longer-Term I Still Think We Are In A Heap Of Trouble"

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Peter Costa once again dares to spoil the propaganda party.

"Longer-term, I still think we are in a lot of trouble, a heap of trouble...I am still on the bearish bent. End of the year I think we will be here or a little lower. I am sorry."

Peter, you are nowhere near as sorry as the producer who let you talk your piece on CNBCOMCASTAGANDA, when he/she gets their pink slip by EOD.




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Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:32 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:32 | Link to Comment xamax
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On Nov 11th 2009  Peter Costa said: "The US Government Will Be Totally Bankrupt In A Year And A Half"

 

If he still belives that, then the "end of year we will be here or a little lower" doesnt really fit.

Looks like he changed a bit his mind...........

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:12 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:34 | Link to Comment Dixie Normous
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"Sorry Mark."

This says it all. Anyone who mugs for the camera, especially on CNBS, doesn't want to dissappoint, less they not be asked back.

CNBS, World Leader in Pretending Business is Good.

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:45 | Link to Comment lsbumblebee
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"I am sorry. That's what you wanted me to say, right? I didn't have time to practice my lines. Why are you making that weird face?"

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:08 | Link to Comment truont
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LOL!  Mark Haines can't believe what he is hearing.  100% cognitive dissonance.  "So I can take the year off?" he asks flippantly.  What an a$$.  Yes, Mark.  Take a year off.  Take 10 years off.  Leave the propaganda to the other shills.

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:08 | Link to Comment Overpowered By Funk
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Haines is doing all he can to keep up the act, but I sense he's realizing the inevitable. Call Steve Liesman - he still believes his own BS.

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:05 | Link to Comment truont
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Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:46 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:49 | Link to Comment Scooby Dooby Doo
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Fire that communist.

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:56 | Link to Comment Bull v. Bear
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I was waiting for the big hook from stage right...

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:08 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:29 | Link to Comment deadhead
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It is because the USA has adopted a well accepted model that lies, fraud, CONfidence games are perfectly acceptable.

That's why the USA is phucked right now and it will become worse because the political and business leadership are a bunch of phucking liars and con men.

I hope this clears things up.

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:38 | Link to Comment xamax
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Living in Switzerland, I can confirm that.

One explanation would be that these bunch of idiots on CNBC still believe that when the stock market is up, all the economy is up, which is nonsense. Since 1 year, they only lie but TD wrote already a lot about that.   

 

 

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 13:05 | Link to Comment WaterWings
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Even MTV is better in Europe. Wait, much better.

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 15:04 | Link to Comment Fur Trader
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I live in Canada......and I also confirm; I start working at 4:30 a.m. and watch Europe CNBC....then at 5:55 US Sqak intros and I move on.

 

FT

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:11 | Link to Comment bugs_
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Comcastaganda!!! LOL

Shoulda been in the search tags.

 

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:20 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:21 | Link to Comment Gordon Freeman
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Mark Haines is about the only one of those fools who actually does know the score.  It's just that he's hanging on for whatever retirement pay he can eke out, and knows he'd better toe the company line, or else.

Kudos to Costa for the frank appraisal--plus, he still manages to deliver it with an engaging smile...

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 17:33 | Link to Comment Cognitive Dissonance
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I suspect many older people working for CNBC have a very large investment (via their 401(k) and profit sharing) in GE stock. Remember the good old days when GE was floating up around $55 and the talk was $100 was around the corner?

Ah, the good old days. With GE around $16, a lot of people are waiting for GE to recover. I personally know 2 people who work for GE who have put off retiring because they're waiting for GE to hit $30-40 again. I suspect Haines might be the third person.

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=GE#chart5:symbol=ge;range=19971001,20100105;indicator=volume+stochasticfast+macd;charttype=candlestick;crosshair=cross;ohlcvalues=1;logscale=on

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:38 | Link to Comment curbyourrisk
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Mr. Costa will lose his staus as CNBS analyst.  A position he was probably suckered into taking in the first place.  He knows, as do most of the people on the floor.  That if you talk to CNBS, you are considered either a kiss ass, or someone who hates their job and is looking for a "journalist"/"talking head" position in the not so distant future.

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 16:01 | Link to Comment Overpowered By Funk
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He'll go the way of Art Cashin. You'll see less and less if him, and more and more Pisani - he's a true believer.

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 13:06 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Wed, 01/06/2010 - 13:14 | Link to Comment Rainman
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Note to Peter : Never apologize for telling the truth. Never.

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 13:45 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Wed, 01/06/2010 - 14:13 | Link to Comment Sonny Drysdale
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Mark Haines,

 

World's worst comb over

 

I find him objectionable on many levels

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 17:49 | Link to Comment johngaltfla
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Oops. Bubblevision hates reality. Mark looked like someone shot his dog. Oh well, reality bites. Good luck to the former CNBC producer!

Wed, 01/06/2010 - 23:23 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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